I'm thinking of naming a star after Baby P or something to that effect

[poppinda]

Like so many of you, I too am shocked, despairing and heartbroken about Baby P and the awful suffering he endured. Obviously I didn't know him, but I only live about 4 miles away from he spent his brief painful life and it breaks my heart to hear of the ordeal he went through at the hands of those sadistic pyschopaths. My DD is only 6 months younger than him and like you all, I just cannot imagine any circumstances where you could to allow this to happen to your child.

When I saw the photo of him, so young, trusting and innocent, and read about how his mother lied and covered up his suffering, it made wonder what sort of world we live in where this can on under the noses of the authorities.

So as well as writing to my MP, and starting a standing order for the NSPCC, I think I might name a star after Baby P at the international star registry. I just want to do something as a permanent memorial that can't get vandalised or defaced, for Baby P, those beautiful little boys in Manchester, Tiffany Wright, and all those other poor kids who deserved so much better. This isn't the first time this has happened and it won't be the last, but I want to organise something to remember them by. Anyone got any ideas?

XXX

I think there is going to be a march for justice on December 13th and a balloon release in December too:

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I know what you mean and the sentiment is universal I would imagine - to do something.

It kind of makes it even more of a bleak, stark reminder though that their little lives were defaced in such an abysmal manner

I don't know, I can't think of anything to make it alright, I think we need just to carry them around in our heads, in our pain at reading their stories - take that pain into us, in the best way we can to strengthen the resolve among us that it must never ever happen again.

I know, he looked so gorgeous, how could anyone hurt a child? It's beyond belief. Alas, it will and probably is happening to some other poor child as we speak. I think people feel so powerless in these situations.

TBH, I don't know what the best way to help is. I think I will volunteer, but it's too late to bring back Baby P and all those other poor darling children, and that is a crying shame.

I wish I knew what to do as well.

People who do it must be in a very odd place in their heads. I imagine they have been badly abused themselves. Nobody could do that sort of thing without some significant mental damage - often sociopathy starts in infancy, I believe - prevention being better than cure perhaps we can all try and breed young things who will grow up never to be able to do that kind of hurt to another human being.

emotional damage I mean. Not so much mental as something going very wrong in the very first processes of attachment. It's awfully sad.